MU Facts

The University of Missouri was founded in 1839 in Columbia, Mo., as the first public university west of the Mississippi River and the first state university in Thomas Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase territory.

28,087 students (79.2 percent) received both need-based and non-need-based aid (average package $15,839)

Financial Aid Sources, FY2014:

MU (scholarships, graduate tuition and fee waivers) $121 million

Note: Mizzou spent an additional $57.4 million on student employment.

Federal (scholarships, fellowships and grants) $29 million

State (scholarships, fellowships and grants) $10.5 million

Other $12.1 million

Federal loans $195.8 million

Alternative loans $18.3 million

Average ACT Score

25.9 (state average 21.8; national average 21)

Freshman Retention Rate

86.2 percent (state average 75.7 percent; national average 79.9 percent)

Graduation Rates

Four-year: 43.9 percent (state average 32.3 percent; national average 33.5 percent)Five-year: 65.6 percent (state average 51.1 percent; national average 52.3 percent)Six-year: 69.4 percent (state average 55.2 percent; national average 57.7 percent)Note: Mizzou Tigers graduate, on average, in 4.1 years.

Degrees Granted for 2013-14

8,369

(Among Missouri public universities, MU grants 27 percent of bachelor’s degrees, 23 percent of master’s degrees, 37 percent of first-professional degrees and 62 percent of doctoral degrees. Roughly one in three degrees awarded is in a science, technology, engineering, mathematics or health field.)

Degrees and Certificates Offered

Total: 307

Bachelor’s: 91

Master’s: 84

Certificates: 57

First Professional: 3

Education Specialist: 6

Doctoral: 66

Mizzou Online

In 2013-14, Mizzou offered 85 online degree options and nearly 1,000 online courses. Many of MU’s 14,115 online learners were undergraduates also enrolled in on-campus courses. In fact, 36 percent of Mizzou students took at least one online course. Last year, 3,227 students were earning their degrees at a distance.

Research & related expenditures, FY2013

$236.4 million (includes $111.5 million in expenditures generated from federal sources)